The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Том 41 |
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... mean time , became an insufferable slattern in her cloaths and person , her handkerchiefs and aprons were full of ... means she dropt a stitch in the demonstration , and never was able to take it up again ; her skin being cruelly ...
... mean time , became an insufferable slattern in her cloaths and person , her handkerchiefs and aprons were full of ... means she dropt a stitch in the demonstration , and never was able to take it up again ; her skin being cruelly ...
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... mean- dered , I was to keep company with these new- fashioned upstarts through as many parallels , as would serve for the regular approaches to a citadel . At one of these turnings , however , I caught the glimpse of a well - dressed ...
... mean- dered , I was to keep company with these new- fashioned upstarts through as many parallels , as would serve for the regular approaches to a citadel . At one of these turnings , however , I caught the glimpse of a well - dressed ...
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... mean time I wrote many letters , but sent none to him ; some of these letters were written in a high tone , most of them in an humble one , and in one I gave a loose to passion and despair in expressions little short of phrensy ; all ...
... mean time I wrote many letters , but sent none to him ; some of these letters were written in a high tone , most of them in an humble one , and in one I gave a loose to passion and despair in expressions little short of phrensy ; all ...
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... we shall soon come into action , and that being the case , d'ye see , few words and fair dealing are best between friends : you tell me , if you get a prize , you mean to marry E 3 No 7 . 41 OBSERVER . The same continued.
... we shall soon come into action , and that being the case , d'ye see , few words and fair dealing are best between friends : you tell me , if you get a prize , you mean to marry E 3 No 7 . 41 OBSERVER . The same continued.
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British essayists Alexander Chalmers. if you get a prize , you mean to marry Nancy ; that is honest , for the girl is cruelly in love with you , and I like her the better for it ; a seaman's daughter should be a seaman's friend , and ...
British essayists Alexander Chalmers. if you get a prize , you mean to marry Nancy ; that is honest , for the girl is cruelly in love with you , and I like her the better for it ; a seaman's daughter should be a seaman's friend , and ...
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